MISSOURI, USA — Dead cicadas and cicada shells are starting to pile up around Missouri as this year's periodical emergence continues. The insects will climb out of the ground near the roots of trees, ...

Diego Miró-Rivera has always been drawn to objects and spaces that others overlook. Cigarette butts, chunks of melting snow, and Texas mountain laurel seeds are among the materials the Austin artist ...

"I can’t go on a walk without a lil crunch crunch under my feet," One Reddit user posted to the Cincinnati subreddit. The cicada invasion is underway in Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio. And the 17-year ...

Although Illinois' full 17-year cicada emergence isn't quite here yet, several have begun to pop up across the Chicago area, and more are on the way. "The periodical cicadas have been emerging for the ...

Some people have come up with a creative solution for the flood of cicada shells that have cropped up across the country – with monster-inspired art. The species – Brood X – have descended on states ...

A Magicicada periodical cicada is seen in the middle of empty cicada shells, displayed by a child on the ground, on May 16, 2021, in Arlington, Virginia. The insects have already conquered the ...

In this YouTube video, a cicada sits on a leaf and, over the course of two hours, sheds its old self via molting. Molting is a biological process of transformation undergone by many creatures in the ...